Clothes-line holder.



E JONAS CLOTHES LINE HOLDER.

APrLIoATIoN FILED JUNE 28,1910` Patented NW1 IIIIIIIIII nl. m 0

ERNEST JONAS, 0F NEW YORK, N. Y.

CLOTHES-LINE HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 1, 1910.

Application filed .Tune 28, 1910. Serial No. 569,408.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ERNEST JONAS, a subject of the Austro-HungarianEmpire, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of NewYork, have invented new and useful Improvements in Clothes- LineHolders, of which the following is a specilication.

The basic object of my invention is to facilitate the hanging of clothesfrom elevated windows of dwelling houses, whereby a user canexpeditiously and easily operate, from the interior of a room, anendless clothesline, without the necessity of laborionsly leaning out ofthe window, or of stooping over the clothes-line.

Other subsidiary objects, going to make up the ultimate perfection ofthe whole device, will appear as the nature of the invention more fullyappears.

The accompanying drawing illustrates the underlying principle of myinvention, and

in the drawing: Figure l is a perspective view, viewed from the interiorof a room, of my invention, as set up in position for use in awindow-casing, and Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the supporting-memberand the line-supporting arm in their correlated positions.

iReferring, now, in detail to the drawing: a suitable support, such as ahorizontalbar 1, is secured, in any suitable manner, preferably to theexterior of the window-casing, (desirably, a few inches below the centerof the window). Associated with said bar 1 is a line-supporting-member,desir-ably an arm 2, provided with a longitudinal slot 3. The means forholding said arm 2 to the bar 1, in positions of desired adjustment,preferably comprise a bolt 4 projecting through said slot 3 and the bar1 and carrying, at its top, a nut 5 and, at its bottom, aturning-handle, crank, or lever 6.

Suitable means are carried by the arm 2 for guiding an endlessclothes-line, and such means desirably comprise a pulley 7 carried inthe bifurcated inner extremity of said arm. Suitable means for holdingthe endless clothes-line in a fixed position are desirably provided, andthey preferably comprise a clamp 8 carried on the top of the bar l, anda clamp 9 carried on the bottom of said bar. A pulley 10 is carried by apole in the yard and supports the line at this point.

By the construction shown and described, it will be seen that theclothes-line supporting arm 2 may be swung beneath, so as to lieparallel with, the bar 1, and thus out of the way of the window, when itis desired to close the same.

It will be noted that the clamp 4 and the slot 3 permit a dual movementof the arm 2, i. e., a rotary movement on the clamp 4 as a pivot, and asliding or lateral movenient.

Assuming the arm. 2 to be beneath the bar 1, and it is desired to usethe device, the procedure, or modus operand/a', is as follows: The clamp4 is loosened and the arm 2 then swung so as to stand at right-angles tothe bar 1. The arm 2 is then pulled rearward, or toward the operator,until the clamp 4 engages the end of the slot 3. Thereupon, said clampis tightened to hold the arm 2 in the positioln just described. Theendless clothes-line is now placed on the pulley T and the wash hung onthe section or portion of the line passing beneath the bar 1, the linebeing pushed away from the operator as each piece of apparel is placedupon the line. After the line is completely lullig with the wash, thesection of the line passing over the bar 1 is placed in the clamp 8,which is thereupon tiehtened, and the section of line passing beneaththe bar l is likewise placed in the clamp 9, which is thereupontightened. Now, the clamp 4 is loosened once more, and the arm 2 pushedaway from the operator (the arm 2 sliding on the clamp 4) then, the arm8 is swung back so as to lie beneath and parallel with the par 1, afterwhich the clamp 4 is tightenec.

Having thus fully described the construction and assemblage of parts ofmy device, it will be obvious that my device comprises but few parts,that these are not liable to get out of order, and that the devicepresents a maximum of eiiiciency in operation, at a minimum cost tomanufacture.

Having thus fully exhibited my invention, what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters-Patent is:

1. A clothes-line hanger, comprising a bar, supportable at oppositesides of a window-frame, an endless clothes-line supporting-memberpivotally and slidably .connected thereto, and means carried by said barfor holding the line in a fixed position.

2. A clothes-line hangen' comprising a by said support for holding theline in zi support, an endless clothes-line supporting xed position.

arm provided with a longitudinal slot T r means passing through saidslot and said ERBESF JONAS support for holding said arm to said barWitnesses:

and permitting both pivotal and slidable RUDOLPH ROSENBAUM,

movement of said arm, and mea-ns carried SAM. ROSENBAUM.

